The discussion addresses the question of whether the magnitude of vector addition, represented as |A+B|, is equal to the sum of the magnitudes |A|+|B|. The consensus is that this statement is not always true due to the directional nature of vectors. When vectors A and B are in the same direction, the equality holds, but when they are in different directions, the magnitudes do not simply add. An algebraic approach using the dot product, specifically |X|² = X·X, is suggested for further understanding.
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